{"id":10593,"date":"2020-02-24T00:43:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2020-02-24T00:43:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:43:59","slug":"hans-jagnow-elected-president-of-european-esports-federation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/hans-jagnow-elected-president-of-european-esports-federation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hans Jagnow elected president of European Esports Federation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hans Jagnow has been elected as the first president of the newly established European Esports Federation (EEF), further establishing himself as a leading voice of the esports movement in Europe.<\/p>\n
Mr Jagnow, a political advisor on digital policies at the state parliament of Berlin, was voted into the EEF presidency with a 91 per cent support and will be backed up by vice-president Karol Cag\u00e1\u0148 from Slovakia. Joining them on the board will be Ido Brosh of Israel, Alper \u00d6zdemir of Turkey and Emin Antonyan from Russia.<\/p>\n
Mr Jagnow worked with the German government as the president of Esport-Bund Deutschland (ESBD) and played a pivotal role in delivering the world-first dedicated esports visa<\/a> to make it easier for professional gamers from outside the European Union to travel to the country.<\/p>\n